Rights and Responsibilities

Upon enrolling at Lamar State College Port Arthur, the student neither loses the right, nor escapes the duties and responsibilities of a citizen. As a benefactor of great opportunities, partially at the expense of the State of Texas, students-citizens have a responsibility to themselves, to fellow students, to the laws of the land, and to the institution in which by choice, they have enrolled. The college holds the rights and responsibilities of students to include:

1. Rights
   1. The right to expect an education of the highest quality,
   2. The right to develop their potential to the best of their abilities,
   3. The right to inquire about and to recommend improvement in policies, regulations, and procedures affecting the welfare of students. This right is best exercised through the use of appropriate channels provided by Student Government and college officials and
   4. The right to counsel, a fair hearing, and appeal when a disciplinary action is applied individually or as a group member.
2. Responsibilities
   1. The responsibility to be fully acquainted with regulations published in the official college publications and to comply with them in the interest of an orderly and productive academic community,
   2. The responsibility of knowing that a student’s conduct reflects not only upon the student, but also upon the institution and its citizenry,
   3. The responsibility to follow tenets of common decency and behavior expected of any citizen in a democratic society, particularly in view of the aspirations implied by a college education,
   4. The responsibility to respect the rights and property of others and
   5. The responsibility to accept full responsibility for the consequences of any action which might be detrimental to the student, to the institution and its students, and to society at large.